Improvement in singeing-machine for fabrics



nitml gitana PETER MCEWEN, OF JERSEY CITY, ANI) WILLIAM MCKENZIE, OF

HUDSON CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Letters .Patent No. 83,395, dated October 27,1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN SING-EING-MACHINE FOR FABRICS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, PETER MoEwEn, of Jersey City, and WILLIAM MCKENZIE, of Hudson City, in the county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented and made a ceitain new and useful Improvements in Singeing Woven Fabrics; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the said invention, reference being had to s.the annexed drawing, making part of this specification, wherein- Figure l'is a vertical section ofthe apparatus employed by us, and

Figure 2 is a plan ofthe saine below the line a: z. Similar marks of reference denote the same parts. Singeing has been effected by the'use of lamps, and also by heated metal plates, and by means of jets of gas. Where a dame vhas heretofore been employed, the goods have generally required to be cleaned by washing, brushing, or otherwise, to remove the discoloration produced by the'smoke of the flame and the combustion of the fine fibres of' the fabric. Thishas been particularly the case with white fabrics, and with many colored fabrics the singeing had to be done with metal plates, because the flame discolored or injured the brillianoy of the goods. v

The nature of our said invention consists in a peculiarly-constructed apparatus for singeing woven fabrics by means of a ame of gaseous hydrocarbon, commingled with `atmospheric air in about equal proportions, whereby there will be-a perfect combustion of the carbon, and a sufficient amount of atmosphere in the flame itself to cause the consumption of the projecting fibres the moment they are touchedby the flame. By this means the singeing is done much more rapidly and perfectly than heretofore, and there is no risk of injury to the goods themselves, because they are exposed so short a time to the action of the llame. There is no smoke, and hence the most 'delicate fabrics andv colors are uninjured; and the flame penetrates the goods much more thoroughly than an ordinarygas-flame, so that the singeing is in and throughout the entire fabric, `instead of being on the surface only or principally.

In the drawing, a a represent a frame of suitable size, with the rollers bV and c, that are mounted, so as `to be revolved in drawing the fabric along. -We prefer that the friction-strap or wire d be applied to give tension to the goods as they are drawn off said roller c and wound upon the roller. b. lThe fabric passes over lthe stretching-bars e e, thence around the roller f, and

back, over the stretching-bars g g, to the roller b'.

The double meter h is provided, into one `side of which gas is supplied by the pipe t', and on the other side air is admitted to pass through a corresponding `revolving cylinder, in order that air and gas may commingle in the meter in about equal proportionaand pass through regulating-cocks to the pipes and ranges of burners I aud m, the range. of burners lbeing below the fabric as it passes over the stretohers e e,-and acting upon one side of the fabric, and the range of burners m acting upon the other side of the fabric as 'it is-returned over the stretchers g g.

A hood, n, is .provided for conveying away the heated products of combustion and all smell from the singeng.- operation.

What we claim, and desire `to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the rollers b c f, stretching-bars e c, g g, and rows of burners Lm, for presenting both sides of the fabric to be singed, as and for the purposes set forth. In witness whereof, we'have hereunto set our signa@ tures, this 21st day of March, A. D. 1868.

PETER MCEWEN. Witnessei WILLIAM MCKENZIE.

CEAS. H. SMITH, GrEo.` D. WALKER. 

